[CODE4LIB] Code4lib 2016 Regsitration: Part Two!

Hi All, The second round of registration for the 2016 Code4lib conference will open at 12 noon (EST) on Wednesday January 13th. We provide links to the registration form via the conference website and the mailing list. In the event of registration filling up, we will be

Re: [CODE4LIB] Creating/maintaining metadata for intangible concepts

Hi Laura, You have the idea. There are a number of access points we'd like humans to add based on space/time/location/use/visual elements in the photos unrelated to the actual subject matter. There are a variety of approaches that could be taken, and I've received helpful ideas offline on how to p

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Our library is considering embarking on a very significant data project expansion and we're interested to know if there are any data librarians, informationists, or informaticians on this thread who would be willing to work for our library on a contract basis. The work could be done remotely, so pr

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Re: [CODE4LIB] Creating/maintaining metadata for intangible concepts

Kyle, I don't know if I'm understanding your question correctly, but I think this is something I was just reviewing. I removed "Diversity" as a subject term (we're a little loose here in applying subjects terms that aren't directly in the photo) from some photos that were of, for example, a single

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Re: [CODE4LIB] Creating/maintaining metadata for intangible concepts

>I don't know what system these collections are in, but isn't this what >tagging is for? The idea has died out in libraries, but this seems like a >perfect use case for a folksonomy. :-) Tagging is a good idea and I think it would help. Topic maps are a little more than just tags though. A topic

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Re: [CODE4LIB] Creating/maintaining metadata for intangible concepts

I don't know what system these collections are in, but isn't this what tagging is for? The idea has died out in libraries, but this seems like a perfect use case for a folksonomy. :-) Laura On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 5:21 AM Brian Kennison wrote: > > Has anyone come up with a good way to provide thi

Re: [CODE4LIB] Creating/maintaining metadata for intangible concepts

> Has anyone come up with a good way to provide this sort of access? Thanks, Isn't this what topic-maps are for? Topics exist independently of any resources but allow you to link resources to topics (it's kind of like classification in traditional library setting). The problem I'm having is th